Chris Coleman fears Luka Modric genius could hurt Wales

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Coleman knows that halting Modric is crucial for WalesCharlie Crowhurst

Brendan McLoughlin

Published at 12:01AM, March 26 2013

Chris Coleman, the manager, concedes that Wales will have to find a way of
subduing the “genius” of Luka Modric tonight if they are to preserve their
slender hopes of World Cup qualification.

Simply put, victory alone will suffice for Wales at the Liberty Stadium in
Swansea. Wales, third in group A after Friday’s rousing win in Scotland, are
seven points adrift of second-placed Croatia, who are level on points with
Belgium, the group leaders.

Yet the head-to-head duel between Modric, Croatia’s creator-in-chief, and
Gareth Bale, his former Tottenham Hotspur team-mate, promises to make for an
absorbing subplot to the